The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No young person honors an elder because of his age except that Allah appoints someone to honor him when he reaches old age."
حدثنا محمد بن المثنى حدثنا يزيد بن بيان العقيلي حدثنا أبو الرحال الأنصاري
قال رسول الله ﷺ ما أكرم شاب شيخا لسنه إلا قيض الله له من يكرمه عند سنه
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Sourcing, [its chain is daif]. Ibn Adi narrated it, 3/898, from the hadith of Muhammad bin Muthanna, with this same chain.Yazid bin Bayan and Abu Rahal Khalid bin Muhammad Basri Ansari are both daif, as stated in Taqrib and elsewhere.